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Dramatically. when is shot four coming and shot five and shot six? >> let me be clear on this scientifically. i want to reassure you there are two issues here. one is decreasing spread of the variant and thats where the mandates come in which i have issues with. the other is severity. how do you decrease your risk of going into the hospital? does your body have a memory of the vaccine that it kicks up when it sees the virus. you will have that for several weeks. the severity quotient works with ...

"We really have to focus on hospitalizations and deaths now," Ashish K. Jha said Sunday, adding, "This is the shift weve been waiting for in many ways."

That is worse among the unvaccinated and is nearly, just as severe, as it was before. theres zero evolutionary pressure on this virus to become less virulent. we must continue to be vigilant, we must continue to reduce our risk of getting a high viral load in a given moment, and that means that we have to reduce our exposure when traveling and when we are in congregate settings for people whose vaccination status is mixed. this is a very serious virus and were not taking it as seriously as we sh...

Reports." we begin this sunday, boxing day, with omicron wreaking havoc coast-to-coast. in just a weeks time, 1.3 million americans testing positive for covid, an average of 190,000 new cases per day, the highest case average weve seen in a year. a silver lining, if there is one, new research from the uk signaling while the omicron variant is more transmissible, it produces milder symptoms, especially in breakthrough cases. but not for the unvaccinated. omicron is hitting those patients hard, ov...

Making the holiday travel a headache today. delta canceling 268 flights while united canceled 196 flights. jetblue canceled 120 of its flights. the airlines blame staffing shortages stemming from the omicron variant. they want the cdc to cut the isolation period in half for employees who develop breakthrough cases from ten days down to five. and countries across europe are tightening restrictions in response to that covid surge. the uk has set a new daily case record for a third day in a row. gi...

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts hit a single-day high for the second day in a row on Thursday, when health officials reported another 9,042...

Article examining probability of Omicron breakthrough cases is misinterpreted

Likely to end up seriously sick or hospitalized. but look at how fast the cases are rising in unvaccinated people, versus people who have gotten the shot. man, get your vaccine now, please. and if you havent been boosted, get your booster. now is the time. just look at this graph. which line would you rather be on? as this omicron variant just runs us down in the road right now. that said, at the same time, its a remarkable confluence of things. a remarkable confluence of events, that this chris...

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today.

Already-strained health care workers are struggling with an overwhelming burden of patients. "the washington post" reports that in new england hospitals are struggling under immense pressure driven by the daechlt. quote, doctors in the region all said that a substantial majority of the patients currently hospitalized with covid between 60% and 80%, were unvaccinated. the breakthrough cases, meaning those who were vaccinated, that end up in the hospital, tend to be milder and are concentrated amo...